tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64629876149865220362014-10-14T09:13:04.985-07:00jottaJotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-76873306802839267392010-01-27T06:09:00.000-08:002010-01-27T06:16:03.266-08:00SHIFTSouthbank Centre plays host to Cape Farewell’s <span class="caps">SHIFT</span> festival, a stimulating programme of climate-focused events inspired by Cape Farewell’s expeditions to the High Arctic and the rainforests in Peru.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FQ5FsHlwKAc/S2BJ5eR2EEI/AAAAAAAAAOY/I7LqUh-PMAI/s1600-h/SHIFT.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FQ5FsHlwKAc/S2BJ5eR2EEI/AAAAAAAAAOY/I7LqUh-PMAI/s400/SHIFT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431422402338099266" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Cape Farewell brings artists, scientists and communicators together to stimulate ideas and the production of art founded in scientific research. Next week Southbank Centre hosts free events engaging artists, architects and scientists in discussion about climate change and showcasing creative work in response to questions of sustainability.<br /><br />Cape Farewell collaborates with a series of partners including Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges on some inspiring walks, the Expeditions by the Dollis Brook Route, three walks starting out from each of the colleges will visit rarely seen areas of London on foot converging at Southbank Centre at 4pm on Saturday January 30th.<br />While London College of Fashion's Centre for Sustainable Fashion showcases work from its MA Fashion and the Environment and Fashioning the Future 2009.<br /><a href="http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/literature-spoken-word/tickets/shift-encounters-50588"><br />Shift Encounters</a><br /><br />Sunley Pavilion, Tuesday 26 January<br /><br />Join a panel of architects in discussion about the creative process of engaging with climate change and how to envision and build a sustainable future.<br /><br />Weston Pavilion, Wednesday 27 January 2010<br /><br />Join climate scientists in discussion about the role of culture and art in helping to communicate the work and findings from the science community.<br /><br />Weston Pavilion, Thursday 28 January 2010<br /><br />Join artists in discussion about the creative process of engaging with climate change and the role of the artist in relation to the most defining issue of our generation.<br /><br />Royal Festival Hall<br /><a href="http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/hayward-gallery-and-visual-arts/visual-arts/tickets/cape-farewell-in-site-1000019">Cape Farewell In-Site</a><br /><br />Thursday 28 January 2010 - Saturday 30 January 2010<br /><br />Projected onto external walls of the Southbank Centre buildings, Cape Farewell presents some of the work made<br /><br /><br /><br />Friday 29 January, Comedian Marcus Brigstocke, a seasoned Cape Farewell voyager introduces some very special guests in a night of comedy and music uniting against climate change.<br /><a href="http://www.capefarewell.com/art/exhibitions/shift-festival/concerts.html">Find out more</a><br /><br />Tickets are on sale and available to buy from the Southbank Centre website. They're selling fast so get in quick - the ideal CO2 Zero gift!<br /><a href="http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/cape-farewells-shift-festival">Buy SHIFT tickets</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.capefarewell.com/art/exhibitions/shift-festival.html">http://www.capefarewell.com/art/exhibitions/shift-festival.html</a>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-60557237263140299722009-11-24T07:16:00.000-08:002009-11-24T07:23:12.425-08:00The Posters Came From The Walls - WIN TICKETS<span>By Millie Ross</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span>Depeche Mode have some of the most devoted fans in the w</span><span>orld. Turner prize winner Jeremy Deller and music video director Nick Abrahams decided to document the unbridled fanaticism that the</span><span> band from Basildon have induced in their devotees, fro</span><span>m Dave Day in St Petersberg to families of Dave look-a-</span><span>likes in Germany, they discovered some bizarre, and trul</span><span>y touching stories. Rather than a film about a band, this fil</span><span>m is about human obsession and music’s ability to bind p</span><span>eople, despite their surroundings.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FQ5FsHlwKAc/Swv5dtVBQbI/AAAAAAAAALM/3qC4ztnaBAA/s1600/1335.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FQ5FsHlwKAc/Swv5dtVBQbI/AAAAAAAAALM/3qC4ztnaBAA/s400/1335.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407690066367693234" border="0" /></a><br /><b>Why did Mute approach you to make this documentary as a duo?</b><br />JD - Because we are brilliant film makers<br />NA - I think Mute only wanted me but Jeremy jumped on the bandwagon.... no, Mute were looking for someone to make a film about Depeche Mode, and we had the idea of doing a film about the fans rather than the band itself, which I think must have appealed to Mute as the band wouldn’t be hassled by a film crew and they would still get an interesting film. I don't think us working together as a duo was that relevant, Jeremy is well known for collaborating with a wide variety of people, and film making generally is a collaborative process so it didn’t bother me.<br /><br /><b>How did you locate the fans?</b><br />NA - We located the devotees via the internet mainly. We were overwhelmed by people sending in their stories as we had deliberately kept our brief quite wide, asking for stories of what the band meant to people. We then had to narrow it down to the stories we would investigate further.<br /> <b><br />Were there any fans which you met yet did not include? If so for what reason?</b><br />NA - There are lots of out takes. Lots and lots. When the film makes it onto DvD (hopefully in the spring), I would guess at least another hour of those will make it onto the disk. The film itself purely has stories about fans. But some of the other interviews included an expert talking about the phenomena of fandom, and a Russian cultural expert talking about Depeche in relation to Russian pop music. Also some of the key guys from the Detroit techno scene, such as Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, giving some idea of the influence of DM on their town. The film itself just includes the stories which moved or interested us the most. <br /><br /><b>Some of the fan material is quite personal and revealing- particularly the family who's home videos were show, were they all happy to have it exposed to such a wide and potentially critical audience?</b><br />JD - They make it to be seen, they have their tongues in their cheeks.<br /><b><br />Did you approach any members of the band for interviews?</b><br />NA - Nope!<br /><br /><b>Has the band seen the film? If so what do they think of it?<br />NA - </b>They all had to give the film the thumbs up before we could show it. Martin asked for one date in the film to be corrected as it was wrong but otherwise the band didnt ask for any changes.<br /><br /><b>It seems for many of the fans you spoke to equate Depeche Mode to a freedom which they were not always allowed. What do you think it was about this band which drew so many Eastern Europeans who were living in heavily restricted societies to their music?</b><br />JD - It's good tuneful music that is slightly anguished, also it is easier to bootleg electronic music, its clearer sounding than rock music , also they looked good, a bit macho but a bit camp too.<br />NA - When Jeremy says it's easily bootlegable, I think he means that you have to remember that almost all the music was passed around was on bootleg cassettes. Thus Jeremy's theory that it reproduced well on the tapes due to its clear, electronic nature .. married to strong harmonies and lyrics.<br /><br /><b>Many of Depeche Mode's lyrics are quite spiritual - do you think that this quasi religious lyrical content explains the extremity of their fans devotion?</b><br />JD - Yes especially in Mexico.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/McuZKbYg4IE&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/McuZKbYg4IE&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><b>To win two tickets to a London screening at the Clapham Picture house at 7pm on December 1st, including a Q&amp;A with directors, email me@jotta.com with the name of the town that Depeche Mode come from in the subject heading.</b><p>For more information about the one night only screenings of the Posters Came From The Walls on December 1st go to: <a href="http://www.theposterscamefromthewalls.com" target="_blank">www.theposterscamefromthewalls.com</a>. <br /></p>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-60658489629534561212009-09-03T04:07:00.003-07:002009-09-03T04:14:37.163-07:00Anna and The Witch's Bottle<div id="meta"> <span class="author">By Millie Findlay</span><span class="date"> </span> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>A unique fusion of narrative, image and music, Anna and The Witch’s Bottle is a fairytale turned on its head, with echoes of Alice in Wonderland meets Aubrey Beardsley.</p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block; width: 527px; height: 305px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/863.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/861.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_2" width="640" height="373" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/862.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_3" width="640" height="373" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/864.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_4" width="637" height="413" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; width: 366px; height: 314px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/304/anna-and-the-witch-s-bottle#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img style="width: 190px; height: 154px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/863t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/304/anna-and-the-witch-s-bottle#big_image" onclick="showImg(2)" title="Click for bigger image"><img style="width: 180px; height: 144px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/861t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/304/anna-and-the-witch-s-bottle#big_image" onclick="showImg(3)" title="Click for bigger image"><img style="width: 189px; height: 153px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/862t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/304/anna-and-the-witch-s-bottle#big_image" onclick="showImg(4)" title="Click for bigger image"><img style="width: 175px; height: 142px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/864t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> (Click any image to enlarge it) </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="body"> <p>The inaugural project of creative boutique Black Maps Press, Anna and The Witches Bottle represents an attempt to experiment with how narrative is communicated and appeals to the imagination through a multi-sensory experience. Not only are there beautiful words and images to shape the story, there is also a wonderful minimalist soundtrack provided by Martin Roman Rebelski of Doves.<br /><br />Written by author Geoff Cox, (who is currently working on Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll, starring Marilyn Manson as Lewis Carroll and model Lily Cole as Alice), Anna and The Witch’s Bottle is a modern fairytale turned on its head, at once whimsical and childish, but with a dark underbelly.<br /><br />The book is illustrated by Rohan Daniel Eason, known for his collaborations in the fashion world, he recently created a pair of hand-inked gloves for Yoko Ono. His illustrations perfectly reflect the darkly idiosyncratic tone Geoff Cox’s narrative, filled with sad-faced dog waiters and a hut made of crabs.</p><p>Black Maps founder Stuart Suitor brought the three elements together to present an alternative to the standard children’s books currently on the market. "I was absolutely struck by the pedestrian nature of these modern children's books," says Stuart, who was reintroduced to children's literature whilst teaching English to children from ethnic backgrounds. "I found myself lamenting the strange, creepy, weird but entirely marvellous books I had read as a kid." This served as the catalyst to bring the three creative forces together in what would eventually become Anna and The Witch's Bottle. </p><p> "Whilst being music driven, Black Maps aims to expand the idea of a record label, including experimental film, private press literature, design commissions, textile works, events and beyond", affirms Stuart. </p><p>Anna and the Witch’s Bottle is to be released in a limited edition of only 300 copies this month, making it an immediate collectors item for fans of mellifluous beauty. This unique and magical book has all the makings of a future classic: this is children's literature like you have never seen/heard it before. </p><p>Anna and The Witch's Bottle Launches at The Pumphouse Gallery Summer Party in Battersea Park on 22nd of September 2009 with a special reading and preview event.</p><p>Copies of the book are available at the Black Maps <a href="http://www.blackmaps.org/" target="_blank">website </a>or at the following real-world portals: select Paul Smith stores, MySugarland, Howie and Belle, Merchant Archive, Galleri Kleerup, and Culturelabel.com, for the bargain price of £30. But hurry, only 300 copies are available! </p> </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-39347016085055299392009-09-03T04:04:00.000-07:002009-09-03T04:06:26.641-07:00The Exchange Room<div id="meta"> <span class="author">By Ian Bruce</span><span class="date"></span> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>The brainchild of portrait painter Ian Bruce and entrepreneur Tom Daly, The Exchange Room is a week long pop up show featuring a collective group of artists taking the market into their own hands and rewriting the rules. You can’t buy it (read: afford it), then barter for it. And that they did: the show is made up of ‘exchanges’, all is explained in this Facebook chat.</p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/851.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" width="649" height="2354" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/852.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_2" width="640" height="480" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/853.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_3" width="640" height="480" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/854.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_4" width="640" height="480" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/314/the-exchange-room#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/851t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/314/the-exchange-room#big_image" onclick="showImg(2)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/852t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/314/the-exchange-room#big_image" onclick="showImg(3)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/853t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/314/the-exchange-room#big_image" onclick="showImg(4)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/854t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> (Click any image to enlarge it) </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="body"><br /><br /> 121 Charing Cross Road<br /> Opening 1st September 6-9<br /> Show open through until 8th September 10 am - 8pm </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-57788260437773974552009-09-03T04:03:00.000-07:002009-09-03T04:06:43.993-07:00Immersion<div id="meta"> <span class="author">By Millie Findlay</span> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Fight that sickening feeling of dread following graduation with Immersion, a collaborative programme between University of the Arts London, Passport and Palmer Hamilton Partnership which aims to give graduates the skills they need to get their foot in the door of the creative industries.</p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/855.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" width="640" height="183" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/312/immersion#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/855t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"><br /></td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> (Click any image to enlarge it) </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="body"> <p><br />We have all had it - that panicked feeling and the question, "What am I doing with my life?" You may have just graduated with flying colours, but now what? Perhaps you have been picked up by a gallery, or landed a huge commission, or perhaps you have not been so lucky. Those first few steps after finishing your degree seem the hardest ever, and with times as hard as they are, the job market can seem a daunting prospect.<br /><br />Help is at hand: Immersion is an intensive programme designed to help art and design graduates fight their way through the quagmire that is graduate employment, identify their goals and give them the skills to achieve them. With a diverse programme including CV writing, portfolio assistance, mentoring and networking events, Immersion is unique in offering creative graduates advice from a business perspective, which can be hard to find!<br /><br />With a stellar line-up of industry insiders including Ian Nelson, Worldwide Head of Design at Ellesse and Alistair Hall, Director of We Made This, Immersion aims to provide a wealth of knowledge to new graduates from those who have already made it. Learning takes place in the form of workshops, expert presentations, peer learning and practical group exercises, all of which encourages participants to identify their goals, enhance their skills and get the contacts to take those all-important first steps into the world of work. </p><p>The cost is £160, and the programme takes place over 12 weeks part-time. </p><p>If this sounds like something you would be interested in, check out the <a href="http://www.jotta.com/jotta/groups/view/?id=552726" target="_blank">jotta Immersion group</a>, or the <a href="http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk/csm_immersion.htm" target="_blank">Immersion website</a> for more details and the application form. </p> </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-56342384173957318922009-09-01T09:20:00.000-07:002009-09-01T09:21:38.299-07:00Art Schmart<div class="excerpt"> <p>Opening at Swanfield Yard, a curious menagerie of undergraduate artists just emerging from the behemoth that is Central St Martins come together as Art Schmart. With an eclectic mix of work, they attempt to put a name to the face of emergent concerns and styles of current young artists, an oddly-placed generation within history processing the concerns of the world today.</p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="width: 403px; height: 393px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/865.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" /> </div> <div id="body"><br />Choosing work that tries to represent the incipient practices of the current crop of undergraduates, Art Schmart spreads across media and disciplines, creating a platform for young artists to show their work, without having to contend with the agenda of the gallery system.<br /><br />Featuring work from Kyle Zeto, Ruth Francesca Daniels, Katie Hare, Millie Findlay, Charles Drinkwater, Una Savic, Phoebe Mitchell, Tom Clark, Spike Blake, Tom Campell, Mikael Monchicort, Eleanor Purseglove, Alexander Clarke, Amber Bowie-Lowe, Jessica Sarah Rinland, and Jammie Nicholas.<br /><br />Swanfield Yard, 2b Swanfield Street London E2<br />Tuesday 22nd-Tuesday 29th September 12-5pm<br />Private View Thursday 24th September 6-9pm </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-79730101382685685512009-09-01T06:29:00.000-07:002009-09-01T06:34:37.323-07:00Graham Carter's East meets West<div id="meta"> <span class="author">By Millie Findlay</span><span class="date"> </span> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>While jotta member Graham Carter has been one of the most sought after illustrators in the UK over the last ten years, as one of the founding members of Peepshow Collective, he’s now celebrated for his prolific repertoire of silkscreen prints, which explore childhood fantasy, the animal kingdom and now, a collision of eastern and western culture.</p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block; width: 379px; height: 284px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/842.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/844.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_2" width="640" height="480" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/843.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_3" width="640" height="480" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/841.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_4" width="640" height="480" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">
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<br /></td><td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> Deer Boy, Quiet Carriage, Ever Red, Seeking Samurai (Click any image to enlarge it) </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="body"><link href="file://localhost/Users/vizeum/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 16777216 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p><b>Graham rediscovered his love of silkscreen printing in 2005 and hasn’t stopped since with a string of successful solo shows across the South East, and exhibiting in galleries throughout the UK. His unique printmaking style has made him one of the most collected printmakers in the UK over last 5 years, with characters and exquisite colour pallets which transport the viewer into a land of robots, giant bears, origami creatures and of course, yeti’s. </b></p><p><b>What were your main inspirations for the work you have made for your upcoming show? </b></p> <p>I’m kind of caught between two phases at the moment. On the one hand I am into retro American culture and design, and on the other, a more Oriental inspired approach.</p> <p>My desire to visit China/Japan is evident in my work, although it’s more of a fantastical version rather than a true study of their culture. So the show in general is a meld of the two cultures. Like a travel diary </p> <p><b>How do you approach your personal work as opposed to your commercial projects? </b></p> <p>The excitement factor is at a zero generally when I ‘m working on commercial briefs so I tend to go about things on a robotic level. In some cases I just automatically produce what I think the client wants rather than ‘how I would do it’ - because I know from past experience that they will say, ‘hmmm. We like it, but can it be more like this....?’ So I just cut that stage out to save time. </p><p>There is a completely different feeling when I’m producing my own work and I become absorbed in it and quite excited about reaching the end result. I speedily try to get through commissions to give myself time to work on my own ideas, which usually begin life on the page of a sketchbook, scribbled or in a coffee shop while watching the world go by.</p> <p><b>How did you come to focus back on your own work, rather than company briefs? </b></p> <p>I wanted to give the Brighton Art Fair a go because it looked like a fun thing to do and thought it would be interesting to see how my ‘other’ work went down as it had largely been unseen. Luckily the response was overwhelming so I’ve just carried on from there. Until that point I didn’t realise the print business was such a big thing, so it proved to be great business shift as well as a personal one.</p> <p><b>How did you rediscover your love for screenprinting? </b></p> <p>Ah it’s always been there and I’ve always kept my hand in even when working for Habitat etc. Wherever I’ve lived I’ve always investigated the local open access print workshops. I’ve tried alternative working methods but always came back to silkscreen. I’ve only scratched the surface really when you consider just how many screen printing methods and surfaces there are to play with, so I should be doing it for a while longer. Investing in my own printing studio was the next natural step for me so I’m lucky enough to be able to immerse myself in it - as long as my back holds itself together!</p> <p><b>How did you come to the yeti as a recurrent character? </b></p> <p>It’s only really featured in 2 or 3 recent prints but it seems to be a favourite with people. I just enjoy the idea that the Yeti truly exist and are revelling in the fact that no one can find them, and living quite a happy peaceful existence. I produced around 40 yeti clay sculptures for a show at ink-d gallery brighton so I need to wait a while before I revisit Yeti land.</p> <p><b>What are you working on at the moment? </b></p> <p>Just finished working on a design for a high-end ladies fashions company. They specialise in using artists to design their tops and it’s basically like working on a huge cross-shaped print. Quite a departure from my usual way of working but quite enjoyable towards the end.</p> <p>Just about to start on a limited edition screen print as part of a group show for ink-d gallery, based on the kissing policemen by Banksy (I maintain I sketched it out first before he produced it – so now my version can finally see the light of day!).</p><p> </p><p><b>ENTER YOUR ROBOT IMAGES TO WIN AN ORIGINAL GRAHAM CARTER PRINT <a href="http://www.jotta.com/jotta/marketplace/viewopportunity?id=604201" target="_blank">HERE </a></b></p> <p>Check out Graham's work on <a href="http://www.jotta.com/jotta/artists/puffinpoo700" target="_blank">jotta </a></p><a href="http://www.graham-carter.co.uk/" target="_blank"> www.graham-carter.co.uk</a></div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-62303621839763047922009-09-01T06:27:00.000-07:002009-09-01T06:32:15.806-07:00Face Off part 2<div id="meta"> <span class="author">By Millie Ross</span> <span class="date"> published </span> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Wimbledon College of Art interview Central Saint Martins in the final stage of This Is Why We Meet.</p><p> </p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/840.png" alt="" id="j_img_1" width="500" height="375" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/838.png" alt="" id="j_img_2" width="498" height="344" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/839.png" alt="" id="j_img_3" width="496" height="347" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/307/face-off-part-2#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img style="width: 190px; height: 145px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/840t.png" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/307/face-off-part-2#big_image" onclick="showImg(2)" title="Click for bigger image"><img style="width: 178px; height: 125px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/838t.png" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/307/face-off-part-2#big_image" onclick="showImg(3)" title="Click for bigger image"><img style="width: 192px; height: 137px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/839t.png" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td>
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Are you enjoying being part of a team?</b></pre> <p>Helen: We only met through this project and had been in touch via emails and facebook prior to meeting on the Monday morning.</p> <p>Sofia: It is quite challenging working with people that you have never met before but at the same time it can be far more intriguing and interesting. In my opinion collaborative work is really important in the field of contemporary and applied arts. So it is not only about enjoying being part of a team but actually being able to embrace it and put your own personal touch. </p> <p><b>What do you see as the projects biggest challenges?</b>
<br />
<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]-->Helen: It was a challenge to make a distinct piece of work from the other colleges. We also had the weight of the success of the previous installations to consider. </p> <p>Sandra: We had to work very fast since it is such a short project so we did not have much time to test our ideas, but we were lucky anyway since we came up with our idea so fast. Another challenge was to stick to the budget and still make the installation look the way we wanted it to look.</p><p> <b>Is the outcome something you think you would've created/thought about doing by yourself?</b></p> <p>Jai: No, this is not something that I would have thought of making into an interactive exhibition. Prior to this project I had no ideas as I felt it was not possible to plan an exhibition without knowing my groups skill set.</p> Sofia: Yes, the general idea is really close to my way of thinking. But of course when you are working with other people the shaping of ideas is going in all different directions that you may have never thought yourself. That is what makes collaborations interesting and important after all.<b>
<br /></b> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--> <p><b>What are your thoughts on 'iNTERACTION' in relation to art works and has this changed throughout the week?</b></p> <p>Helen: The first screen is where the text will be entered, then the second displays the story in its entirety. The crucial point is that once the enter button has been pressed on the first screen, the thing has been said and a commitment has been made to join this collective story. The second screen visually vocalizes the narrative in an automated mode, like a type of monster that will grow from the input we’ve anticipated. We wanted to be generous with the level of input the audience could make but there are certain frustrations to the process (such as a limited word count). In this way, the piece is about taking part in a work that is permeable, but at the same time has an element of resistance and inaccess. </p> <p>Jai: Interactivity within artworks engenders a feeling of belonging and adding to the artwork. There would be no art without interaction, without the audience all pieces of art have essentially failed. Unless the intention was to produce art works that require no stimulus of any sort.</p> <p>Sofia: The communication with the audience is one of the things that make a work of art strong and successful. Interactivity takes it one step further. From this project and the technological difficulties we had I learned to try and keep it simple.</p> <b>What do you hope others will get from your project?</b>
<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--> <p>Helen: A facility to possibly express their thoughts and to place these outside of themselves.</p> <p>Jai: I believe the point of the project was for the community to create a piece of art that consist of themselves and their sense of individuality. So they feel a sense of belonging, knowing that without them there is no art work.</p> <p><b>Describe the experience so far in 4 words...
<br /></b></p> <p>Helen: Talking, talking, making, talking</p> <p>Jai: Stressful, Tiresome, Enjoyable, Random</p> <p>Sofia: Crash, boom, bang, yay! </p><p>Sandra: A never ending story.</p> <p><b>Has the project made you consider your college's identity at all...?</b></p> <p>Helen: A lot of people have told us that this has been the most eclectic group. I think the disciplines taught at the college can be quite removed from one another and don’t necessarily integrate together. It would be a good idea to take this project as a model for further collaborations organized within CSM and the University of the Arts. There should be more opportunities for students to meet future collaborators in advance of graduating. </p> <p>Sandra: I agree with what Helen is saying. I think that projects like these are important to bring people from different pathways together and open you up to new ways of working and looking at your work. All disciplines are in one way or the other connected to each other and I think that interdisciplinary work should be more encouraged and even promoted by the different colleges.</p> <p>But to answer the question I have to say that the identity of CSM as a college seems a little bit of a mystery to me, I do think there is one but I also think that the sense of community could be made stronger. A lot of the communal areas at the college have disappeared, for example the bar.</p> <p>Re- instating that would be a good first step to increase the sense of community.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <!--EndFragment--> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/naV3cq7Ea1c&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/naV3cq7Ea1c&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-73430991903078990482009-09-01T06:26:00.000-07:002009-09-01T06:27:24.685-07:00South London People Map<div id="meta"> <span class="author">By Millie Ross</span> <span class="date"> </span> </div> <div class="excerpt"> jotta has increasingly been drawn south of the river to marvel at the ascending stars of the young South London art scene. Forming collectives, curating exhibitions, going guerilla on unused spaces and taking 150 people to Venice Biennale, their community and productivity are a breath of fresh air in a city where the big-wig galleries had begun to bore. </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/836.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" width="640" height="436" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/305/south-london-people-map#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/836t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"> <br /></td> <td> <br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> Map drawn and designed by Barbara Ward (Click any image to enlarge it) </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While the majority of the young artists have come out of colleges such as Camberwell College of Arts, London College of Communication and Goldsmiths, joining the dots between the growing number of collectives and galleries has become overwhelming, so jotta got the lowdown from Oliver Hogan, co-founder of LuckyPDF, Tom Harrad, co-founder of Off Modern (who's South East in the East opens tonight!), on where everyone fits and mapped out the connections.</p><p>To download a larger version of the South London People Map click <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/3acua6i2or" target="_blank">here</a></p>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-12623859226099080502009-09-01T06:24:00.000-07:002009-09-01T06:25:57.295-07:00SECRET CINEMA: Tell no one<span class="author">By Millie Findlay</span> <span class="date"> </span><div class="excerpt"><p>Prepare to dive headfirst into a unique cinematic experience, where the film comes to life around you. Secret Cinema is going outdoors for its biggest screening ever- just don’t ask where.</p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/833.jpg" alt="" title="Secret Cinema Night at the Opera, by Nye Williams" id="j_img_1" width="500" height="313" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/834.jpg" alt="" title="Secret Cinema: Ghostbusters, by Sophie Schorr-Kon" id="j_img_2" width="500" height="333" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/835.jpg" alt="" title="Secret Cinema: The Harder They Come, by www.thefoundcollective.com" id="j_img_3" width="500" height="333" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/832.jpg" alt="" title="Secret Cinema Funnny Face at the Royal Academy of the Arts, by Amira Bochenska" id="j_img_4" width="500" height="327" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/303/secret-cinema-tell-no-one#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/833t.jpg" alt="" title="Secret Cinema Night at the Opera, by Nye Williams" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/303/secret-cinema-tell-no-one#big_image" onclick="showImg(2)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/834t.jpg" alt="" title="Secret Cinema: Ghostbusters, by Sophie Schorr-Kon" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/303/secret-cinema-tell-no-one#big_image" onclick="showImg(3)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/835t.jpg" alt="" title="Secret Cinema: The Harder They Come, by www.thefoundcollective.com" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/303/secret-cinema-tell-no-one#big_image" onclick="showImg(4)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/832t.jpg" alt="" title="Secret Cinema Funnny Face at the Royal Academy of the Arts, by Amira Bochenska" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> clockwise from top left: A Night at The Opera, Ghostbusters, Funny Face, The Harder They Come (Click any image to enlarge it) </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="body"> If you like your cinema outings out of the ordinary, SECRET CINEMA is as exraordinary as it gets. Guests receive a mystery email invitation to a location, and upon arrival are greeted by sights, smells and sounds straight out of the chosen film. The catch is: no one knows what the film is. That is, until it starts. In the meantime audience members have fun deciphering the clues as they queue and enjoy the atmosphere.<br /><br />At the last secret screening guests were transported to Jamaica for a screening of Jimmy Cliff’s reggae classic The Harder They Come. Celebrating in true Jamaican carnival style with reggae music, dancing and performance artists, before going into the newly transformed Coronet Theatre to watch the film. Other clandestine screenings have seen live rescores, installation artists, live musicians and performers. Locations can range from derelict theatres to city rooftops; Funny Face at the Royal Academy of Arts and Gus Van Saint’s Paranoid Park in a disused railway tunnel in south London.<br /><br />This time around, all guests are being told is to come prepared to participate in a kaleidoscopic journey to the theme of an American cult classic. Can you guess what it is yet?<br /><br />Just remember- tell no one (it’s a secret).<br /><br />More info <a href="http://www.secretcinema.org/" target="_blank">here.</a> </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-62450461327188714852009-09-01T06:21:00.000-07:002009-09-01T06:23:58.059-07:00South East in East<div id="meta"> <span class="author">By Millie Findlay</span> <span class="date"></span> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Hold onto your hats, the south Londoners are coming! Artist collective Off Modern introduce South London’s finest to East London during not just one night – but a whole week’s worth of music, arts and literature.</p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/828.jpg" alt="" title="Off Modern at Corsica Studios" id="j_img_1" width="604" height="386" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/829.jpg" alt="" title="Bradford Bahamas" id="j_img_2" width="600" height="449" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/830.jpg" alt="" title="Casio Kids" id="j_img_3" width="640" height="427" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/476.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_4" width="640" height="480" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/302/south-east-in-east#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/828t.jpg" alt="" title="Off Modern at Corsica Studios" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/302/south-east-in-east#big_image" onclick="showImg(2)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/829t.jpg" alt="" title="Bradford Bahamas" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/302/south-east-in-east#big_image" onclick="showImg(3)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/830t.jpg" alt="" title="Casio Kids" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/302/south-east-in-east#big_image" onclick="showImg(4)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/476t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> Off Modern at Corsica Studios, Bradford Bahamas, Off Modern at Hannah Barry Gallery in Peckham, Casio Kids (Click any image to enlarge it) </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="body"> <p>This Friday sees the start of the seven day extravaganza, when by night music the likes of Hot Club de Paris, The Invisible and My Tiger My Timing, will run alongside theatre performances from New Cross collective Short Nights. By day workshops, films and a large group exhibition featuring Off Moderners Tom Harrad and Yuki Pattison, plus contributions from South London compadres including Deptford based gallery and party organisers <a href="http://www.friendlystreetgallery.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Friendly Street Gallery</a>, and fellow Peckhamites<a href="http://www.luckypdf.com/" target="_blank"> Lucky PDF</a>, mad scientists and inventors <a href="http://www.bradfordbahamas.com/" target="_blank">Bradford Bahamas</a> and <a href="http://www.clandm.eu/" target="_blank">Charlesworth, Lewandowski &amp; Mann</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.offmodern.com/" target="_blank">Off Modern</a> was born in the depths of South East London, with the aim to provide a "lateral glance at art, music, aesthetics and culture", explains co-founder Tom Harrad. The collective have created a platform for young artists to show their work and get noticed, without having to bend to the will of larger galleries. Off Modern lies in the thick of the rapdily growing south London artistic community, with long-standing collaborations with the likes of Friendly Street Gallery and <a href="http://www.hannahbarry.com/">Hannah Barry Gallery</a>.<br /><br />Tom Harrad affirms that the community spirit down in South London has contributed to the success of Off Modern and other artist collectives: "Everyone knows that the best way to get things done is to work with each other, and to build a scene we can all be a part of."<br /><br />After being approached by Vibe Bar earlier this year, the folks at Off Modern decided the timing was right for something big. The xOff Modern events at <a href="http://www.corsicastudios.com/" target="_blank">Corsica Studios </a>have been popular since its first outing back in late 2008, however the opportunity at Vibe Bar presented a new challenge. "All our exhibitions have been focussed on South East London artists, lots of graduates from Camberwell and Goldsmiths, so we thought that we should take this into the heart of the London alternative arts scene in the east end."</p><p>However, Off Modern has no plans to emigrate east any time soon. "Peckham is a hotbed for untainted creativity. The East end is saturated and commercialised." Tom declares, "Cheap rent and free space always attract artists. The opportunities for people who don’t have loads of money (i.e. Us) are far greater down south." Off Modern certainly does not seem to need to seek success in the east, having lured art-lovers down to Elephant and Castle in ever-greater numbers.<br /><br />Nor do they show any signs of slowing down, with plans for a record label, single release and permanent exhibition space in the pipeline, as well as the second issue of the Off Modern Zine and the next Corsica studios event in October! There must be something in the water in Peckham… </p><p>Want more info? <a href="http://www.southeastineast.com/" target="_blank">SEiE website</a> or <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/events-other/265/south-east-in-east-music-and-arts-festival" target="_blank">jotta calender </a></p> </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-58330143751663141812009-08-25T07:36:00.000-07:002009-08-25T07:38:59.040-07:00Night of the Living Drawn<span class="author">By Millie Ross<br /><br /></span>llustrator and cut-out creationist Ellie Logan was recently commissioned to illustrate, cut-put, paint and photgraph a graphic adaption of George Romero’s cult horror film Night of The Living Dead. Ellie reveals the hours of slicing n dicing involved in the process of drawing out the living dead. <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block; width: 412px; height: 309px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/817.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/825.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_2" width="640" height="480" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/818.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_3" width="640" height="480" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/826.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_4" width="640" height="480" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; width: 370px; height: 302px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/297/night-of-the-living-drawn-dead#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img style="width: 172px; height: 131px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/817t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/297/night-of-the-living-drawn-dead#big_image" onclick="showImg(2)" title="Click for bigger image"><img style="width: 173px; height: 133px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/825t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/297/night-of-the-living-drawn-dead#big_image" onclick="showImg(3)" title="Click for bigger image"><img style="width: 173px; height: 133px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/818t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/297/night-of-the-living-drawn-dead#big_image" onclick="showImg(4)" title="Click for bigger image"><img style="width: 172px; height: 130px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/826t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> (Click any image to enlarge it) </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="body"> <p><b>What is your back ground?</b><br />Like most artists, I always painted and drew as a dorky kid. I was a design school drop-out who left New Zealand for many years selling door-to-door products, playing receptionist for a posh Windsor hotel, running a B&amp;B in Edinburgh, then back home to do a degree in Arts while getting involved with musicians , where I did stage/costume design and touring shows.<br /><br />Inspired by the way that musicians worked together, I curated illustration shows and auctions and packs of cards with local illustrators' work representing local bands and businesses. I then came to London after living in Korea for a bit to sell a fashion label internationally. I felt something was missing so I started a stall in 'up market' on Brick lane and sold my 3d photographic art. Happily the work sold to my surprise, as like many artists I have bouts of insecurity!<br /><br />A London based art and culture magazine called 'Pimp' helped me on my way, by showing interest and printing my work. I decided to get a portfolio up on the AOI <a href="http://www.theaoi.com/" target="_blank">(Association of Illustrators)</a> where Bang Zoom! Books stumbled across me.<br /><br />Originally they were looking for work inspired by the film 'Night of the Living Dead' for the back of the graphic novel as part of the 'international art section' .The work I put forward led to me being asked to do the entire book (about 800 images!).<br /><br /><b>When and why did you go from illustration to making cut outs? </b><br />I don't recognise a difference, to be honest. The cut out style was a way for me to cope with being so crap at computers. My background in stage/performance design was most probably the inspiration..and allowed me to use anything I could find to make something appear a certain way...illusion done on a shoestring and fear of photo shop!<br /><br /><b>Is this your first attempt at creating cut out imagery for a narrative? </b><br />I have been working in cut-out for about about 8 years.<br /><br /><b>Do you ever create your own narratives for illustrations or cut outs? </b><br />Yes, I did this for about 5 years before I realised it could be liked by anybody else , it was something I did outside working hours.<br /><br /><b>What drew you to Night of the Living Dead? </b><br />Funnily enough my flatmate Pete got me into the zombie genre one week before Bang Zoom! Books contacted out of the blue...weird!</p><p><b><br />How long did it take you to create the sets for the graphic novel- did you base it on the film? </b><br />I was given stills from the movie, I then drew and painted the character, the background and other objects , I then photographed the scene held up with lipsticks (as they were the best size and freestanding) I lit the sets with bike lights and used sugar for the road scenes and real glass for the car window scenes. I would then download them and play with the contrast, brighten or add a vignette where necessary. So each image would take me about 2-3 hours. </p><p><br /><b>How did you go about getting a publisher involved and then George Romero to do a forward? </b><br />All down to Bang Zoom! Books<br /><br /><b>When will it be released? </b><br />The book is in it's final stages. It's being laid out with words, bubbles and sound effects. The Dead are really coming to life now!! Release date to be confirmed.<b><br /></b></p><p><b>It's quite an intensive process you go through to get the look you wanted, can you tell us more about this process?<br /></b><br />Yeah it was, firstly I cut out photographs of characters and placed them in a miniature scene, all in photographic paper, (3d collage looking). The producers wanted the 3d look to be more subtle than this, so that the viewer would not really know how it had been done, so the challenge was to make it appear 3d, but not obviously. A good challenge, and a nice way to evolve my 3d paper art in to a more menacing look.<br /><br />Initially the book had been photoshopped with colour. I had a break from the book to work on other jobs. On returning to this mammoth project, I decided to strip it back, and redo a vast number of images. Within this time I had actually become a better painter, so this is another reason I remade much of the book and on final grading only used photoshop to up the contrast and lighten any dark areas returning to the feel of the 1960's.<br /><br /><b>Why did you choose to produce the images in this way?</b><br /><br />I wanted a real/unreal look, so that the story had haunting and mystery, but not just a copy of the original film. Bang Zoom! Books and I both wanted to do something quite special, as the film is.</p><p><b>How do you go about promoting your work and obtaining paid commissions? </b><br />The last 2 years have been busy with exhibitions. I have not had time to look for work. Due to exhibiting in the London Underground on a Billboard and platform poster for ArtBelow and being featured in books and magazines, I have been contacted as a result .<br /><br />For example; I was found at the market and then featured in a Chinese Book about London art and have since been signed up to an art licensing company in Taiwan. They in turn sponsored my show for ArtBelow in Tokyo's metro in association with dazed and Confused Japan and have printed my work on products.<br /><br /><b>What else are you working on at the moment?</b><br />Most recently I made a short film for 'Hop Skip', (a performance and video show curated by Martina O'Shea at Liquid Studios as part of Hackney Wicked)<br /><br />Currently I am working on an exhibition for Taiwan. This year's work will focus on triptych style work in the feel of religious relief art. I am looking into carving and making moulds and painting on top of 3d panels. I exhibited at Hackney Wicked's Top and Tail Gallery's show with an olde engraved gin glass. I am working with techniques and compositions of the middles ages and mixing in modern themes of religion versus economics, so comparisons with modern life should hopefully bring about some thought. </p><p><b>What would your ultimate collaboration be? </b><br />I would like to direct a film bringing together; makeup, sound and visual artists as well as stage design. </p><p><br /><a href="http://www.clublogan.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">www.clublogan.wordpress.com </a></p> </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-58981931850499888132009-08-25T07:34:00.000-07:002009-08-25T07:36:20.635-07:00Maureen Gubia and Eoin Ryan Join jottaBoutique<span class="author">By Millie Findlay<br /><br /></span><div class="excerpt"> <p>jotta presents two brand spanking new artists to the Boutique. Artists Maureen Gubia and Eoin Ryan make works to bewitch and beguile, drawing the viewer into their illusive imagined worlds.</p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block; width: 459px; height: 325px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/814.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/813.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_2" width="640" height="454" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/815.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_3" width="490" height="500" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/628.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_4" width="385" height="480" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/296/maureen-gubia-and-eoin-ryan-join-jottaboutique#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/814t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/296/maureen-gubia-and-eoin-ryan-join-jottaboutique#big_image" onclick="showImg(2)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/813t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/296/maureen-gubia-and-eoin-ryan-join-jottaboutique#big_image" onclick="showImg(3)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/815t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/296/maureen-gubia-and-eoin-ryan-join-jottaboutique#big_image" onclick="showImg(4)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/628t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> Maureen Gubi, Tripii series 2009, Crow and faces by Eoin Ryan. (Click any image to enlarge it) </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="body"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jotta.com/fifzine/artists/gubia" target="_blank">Maureen Gubia</a>’s whimsical line drawings and photographs capture the attention of all who see them. Hailing from Ecuador, her work retains the essence of her homeland, acting as a series of tantalizing snapshots into her life, supported by the photography posted on her blog. Maureen describes her drawings as being “driven by longing” , and her fluid style helps her to explore that dark, volatile world of human emotion. Her work was recently shown in the Swanfield pop-up shop, exploring the darker side of living in a tropical climate, where the carnival is over and laziness and apathy reigns.<br /><br />The dreamy watercolours now available in the Boutique transport you directly into Gubia’s world of childlike figures peeping out from the page in between carnival-coloured vegetation.<br /><br />jotta had <a href="http://www.jotta.com/fifzine/artists/eoinryan" target="_blank">Eoin Ryan</a> down as a ‘<a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/232/eoin-ryan" target="_blank">ones to watch</a>’ in July, after he had attracted our attention with his alluring illustrations on his jotta profile. Eoin draws inspiration for his illustrations from sources as diverse as propaganda posters and Japanese woodblocks to create his unique and haunting images.<br />Having produced work for Art on the Green, Eoin is currently indulging in some ‘shameless self-promotion’ ready for his next show in the autumn. Eoin is releasing a series of limited edition prints exclusively for jotta, these have their origins in the enticing combination of miscellaneous research and ‘scratching around’ in Eoin’s head to provide the content.<br /><br />All the work is available on the <a href="http://www.jotta.yokaboo.com/" target="_blank">jottaBoutique</a> for your perusing pleasure - so snap the opportunity to own some rare gems! </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-85577438299463356292009-08-25T07:32:00.000-07:002009-08-25T07:33:58.862-07:00Face OffBy Millie Ross<br /><br /><div class="excerpt"> <p>In the final week of <span class="caps">THIS</span> IS <span class="caps">WHY</span> WE <span class="caps">MEET</span>, jotta asked the last two teams in the 6 week series to interview each other, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design team and Wimbledon College of Art. Wimbledon’s seven steps to becoming a more personable person were a hit, they give retrospective responses while <span class="caps">CSM</span> respond from the thick of creation fever.</p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/809.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" width="500" height="375" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/810.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_2" width="500" height="482" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/811.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_3" width="494" height="342" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/812.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_4" width="352" height="500" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/295/face-off#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/809t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/295/face-off#big_image" onclick="showImg(2)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/810t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/295/face-off#big_image" onclick="showImg(3)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/811t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/295/face-off#big_image" onclick="showImg(4)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/812t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> Wimbledon, CSM, Wimbledon, CSM (Click any image to enlarge it) </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Wimbledon College of Art responds to questions from Central Saint Martins</b></p><b>What was the thought behind your exhibition?</b><br /><br />Consumerism, Propoganda, Cosmetic surgery of the personality. Inspirational moment was a recent trip to Vidal sasoon: where we were told we would come out 'better.' We were also inspired by the cliches of 'The Apprentice'...and any self improvement and mindwashing institutions.<br /><b><br />Did you all know each other before you started this project, if not, how was it to work with people you have not worked with before?<br /></b><br />Wimbledon is a very little college, and the nature of studying theatre means you all get involved in others projects a lot too, so three of us knew each other roughly, through various collaborations with paper and films and also through the Design for Performance Degree.<br /><br /><b>Did you encounter any troubles along the way, and if so, how did this affect the final outcome of the project?<br /> </b><br />Yes, many. We had to continually refine and adapt the outcome of the project as the week went on, and even after the private view. It was an ambitious project, creating the company entirely from scratch. We found we dedicated so much time to creating and making the products that the window display suffered at the start of the week, but it's on now and looking as we hoped.<br /><br /><b>At what point were you stretched beyond your elastic point and did you ping back to another direction that you didn’t expect?</b><br /><br />Many points, lots of strecthing. Expectations pinging all over the place.<br /><br /><b>What has been the most interesting way you have engaged with those living and being in the area?<br /></b><br />This weekend is our main time for face to face interaction, and more active convincing of our company, which will be interesting. We have observed peoples response to the video which has been amazing- many people don't know if it's real or not- whilst many have laughed. Creating something which people ask and are unsure of, "is this real", has been great, normally we don't have the facilities to do something like this so convincingly. It's been a lot of fun.<br /><b><br />Has this project altered your approach to your work?</b><br /><br />It has made us all more confident to do things we wouldnt normally do, realise we can take skills into other areas - product design, graphic design, directing, advertising etc. Our work on our degree has been more traditionally 'theatrical' possibly (see some at <a href="http://www.edithtsang.com/" target="_blank">www.edithtsang.com</a> and <a href="http://www.zoejosephine.com/" target="_blank">www.zoejosephine.com</a>)<br /><br /><b>What are the positive/ negative outcomes of this project?</b><br /><br />We are still awaiting the final result, to be objective about it all but thus far- Positives: Creating recreation, fruitful friendships, getting people to laugh at dominating consumerism/self help ideas/adverts <br />Negatives: Suspected Narcicissm, Possible Sound pollution.Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-45972641238758483212009-08-25T07:28:00.000-07:002009-08-25T07:32:08.773-07:00Doodle-ville <span class="author">By Millie Ross
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The walls, chairs, tables and even waiters were all blank canvasses, they walls, tables, chairs, even the VW and the ping pong table outside are now pretty well covered in scribbles, doodles, even some poetry and the odd slander.</p> <p>"The waiters wear white jeans and shirts. You can doodle anywhere you want on their clothes. It's up to the waiters where they draw the line."</p> <p>Not surprisingly the landlord loves what they’ve done and they now have plans to make it into a creative hub, a place for educational workshops and events, exhibitions and gigs. By November they’ll be up and running with a bar license and café.</p> <p>The theme of doodle began with Doodle earth, a collaborative drawing architecture project organised with onedotzero. Doodle Earth toured with onedotzero’s film festival to cites and invited the public to come and collaborate on illustrated city installations, where the style of drawing would mirror the architecture and organic growth of the city. The more doodles that a city uploads the bigger the map gets, their Buenos Aries Doodle site had 50,000 people take part, making it one huge psycho-geographical map.</p> <p>“It was hugely popular, an ice breaker amongst people,” Says Jules, “It was a meeting point which became about the atmosphere while creating rather than the actual product.” </p> <p>Yes Doodle Bar and Doodle Earth are very much a nice physical reflection of a common thread running through current creative circles – collaboration, a meeting place and an interactive and constantly evolving work of art. Get down there before the walls fill up.</p> <p> </p> <p>The DoodleBar, Ransomes Dock, 33 Parkgate Rd, Battersea, London; <a href="http://www.thedoodlebar.com/">thedoodlebar.com</a>; Café: 9am-6pm. Bar: check calendar.</p></div>
<br />Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-48594818946884173822009-08-25T07:26:00.000-07:002009-08-25T07:28:14.009-07:00Profile Me<span class="author">By ben james<br /><br /></span><div class="excerpt"> We're dusting ourselves down here at jotta with a number of new design changes aimed at making jotta easier to use and, well, prettier. First up, your profile page. </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block; width: 432px; height: 327px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/803.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/articles/292/profile-me#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><br /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"><br /></td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="body"> <p>Log-in, log-in and if you don’t have an account sign-up, sign-up! We’ve created a new profile page that makes it easier for you to share your profile, find your friends, manage your contact information and promote your store if you have one.</p> <p>We’ve also worked on the news feed to make it easier to manage and created a fancy new concertina viewer for your Projects so you can view each project and the content within it from right within your Profile page.</p> <p>We’re not saying it’s perfect but we hope it’s a step in the right direction. Let us know your thoughts. We like praise, it makes us feel fuzzy inside, and criticism is good as long as it’s not about what we wear or the music we listen too.</p> <p>thanks, the jotta team.</p> <p>all comments: ben@jotta.com</p> </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-44987268503577475362009-08-25T07:25:00.000-07:002009-08-25T07:26:36.573-07:00Directional Glasses For Forward Thinking<span class="author">By Millie Ross<br /><br /></span><div class="excerpt"> <p>The four Wimbledon College of Art students unveiled their interactive installation in the windows of W+K for the penultimate installment of the great This Is Why We Meet collaborative experiment. Personality conditioning and corporate video camp is the order of the week. </p> </div> <div id="body"> <object width="600" height="480"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6169406&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6169406&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="600" height="480"></embed></object> Head down to Hanbury St in East London to witness Wimbledon's Personality Conditioning Corporation. Complete with infomercials, bespoke products and the red attired P.C.C. persuaders, the seven steps to becoming a more personable person would be a crime to miss. </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-12052287314210047722009-08-25T07:02:00.000-07:002009-08-25T07:25:07.224-07:00Living Dolls<span class="author">By Millie Ross<br /><br /></span><div class="excerpt"> <p>The London College of Communication team from the almighty This Is Why We Meet collaborative experiment took interaction to new levels of hilarity with Get A Life, a live platform set up on Hanbury street in London.<br /></p><p>View video <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/video/288/living-dolls">here</a><br /></p><p></p></div> <div id="body"> <p><object width="600" height="345"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6118151&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6118151&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="600" height="345"></embed></object></p> <p>The installation invited the public to experiment with social participation and human dialogue using different kinds of communication and allowing people from all over the world to interact and be part of the platform. The “Humannequins”, as they dubbed their couple Emma and Joseph, were miked up to a Skype phone, so whe people stopped to look or walked past the Humannequins would often pipe up and start speaking to them. Public reactions was varied – some people were quite scared, others became engrossed in really long and quite serious conversations with them, and others just laugh!<br />Basically they were playing with dolls. </p> </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-6151993554786244342009-08-25T06:59:00.000-07:002009-08-25T07:02:52.122-07:00Get Your Artwork Displayed Across London<span class="author">By Millie Ross<br /><br /></span><div class="excerpt"> <p><span class="caps">VICE</span> UK and Levi’s 501s can help you bypass the whole languishing-in-a-cramped-studio-eating-pot-noodles part of becoming an “artist”. All you have to do is tell them how you would incorporate the ethos of Living Unbuttoned into a large art installation and you could have your art displayed in public sites throughout London, and then <span class="caps">BAM</span> – you’re the next Emin. </p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block; width: 381px; height: 215px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/791.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/792.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_2" width="640" height="320" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/793.png" alt="" id="j_img_3" width="624" height="392" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/794.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_4" width="640" height="499" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/286/get-your-artwork-displayed-across-london#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/791t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/286/get-your-artwork-displayed-across-london#big_image" onclick="showImg(2)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/792t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/286/get-your-artwork-displayed-across-london#big_image" onclick="showImg(3)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/793t.png" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/286/get-your-artwork-displayed-across-london#big_image" onclick="showImg(4)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/794t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> Maya Huyuk, Felice Varini, Richard Sarson, BLU (Click any image to enlarge it) </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p> If you are selected from the teeming hordes of hopefuls to have your work featured as part of the Live Unbutton campaign, you work will be blown up to HUGE proportions, and displayed in Camden, Shoreditch and Soho.</p> <p>The winner of the competition will work with the project mentor, Ben Freeman, expert on design, graphics, photography and the publisher of all round amazing magazine FUN, to translate their work from small scale, to ‘size of a large building scale’. </p><p>Once up, your work will remain on show for one month.</p> <p>Your work need not be in any fixed medium or format, be it oil painting, papier-mâché, carved granite – whatever, we want to see it. All entries simply need to reflect the essence of the 501 jeans Live Unbuttoned campaign.</p> <p>The competition opens on the 3rd of August and closes on the 1st of September, that allows you artistic types about a month to submit your ideas to VICE via the <a href="http://www.viceland.com/liveunbuttoned/entry_form.php">entry form</a>.</p><p>Inspirational images above by-</p><p>( Remember, your work can be any format, any style, and any medium. So don’t take these examples as guidelines, only as little squares of inspiration that you are totally free to ignore).</p><h3>Maya Huyuk</h3> <p><a href="http://www.mayahayuk.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mayahayuk.com</a></p> <h3>Felice Varini</h3> <p><a href="http://www.varini.org/02indc/indgen.html" target="_blank">http://www.varini.org/</a></p> <h3>Richard Sarson</h3> <p><a href="http://www.richardsarson.com/" target="_blank">http://www.richardsarson.com</a></p><div class="inspire_deets"> <h3>BLU</h3> <p><a href="http://www.blublu.org/" target="_blank">http://www.blublu.org/</a></p> </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-45722193311706029892009-08-25T06:57:00.000-07:002009-08-25T06:59:19.307-07:00Art Takes on ActonBy Holly Willats<br /><br /><div class="excerpt"> <p>London’s Acton may seem a creative desert, yet a group of artists have just grabbed themselves a super studio spot in a disused Perfume Factory. jotta could not resist a sneak peek of their upcoming opening on Sunday and as a result, reminisced over the artistic history of the West, and started hoping for a shift in the London creative compass.</p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/787.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" width="640" height="480" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/788.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_2" width="640" height="480" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/789.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_3" width="640" height="480" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/790.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_4" width="640" height="450" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/284/acton-art#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/787t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/284/acton-art#big_image" onclick="showImg(2)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/788t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/284/acton-art#big_image" onclick="showImg(3)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/789t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/284/acton-art#big_image" onclick="showImg(4)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/790t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> Emma Cummins Remember To Forget THis, Ten Days Issue1, The Perfume Fcatory, Emma Cummins Where Art Lied (Untitled 1), Inkjet 2008 (Click any image to enlarge it) </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="body"> <p>In setting up their studios within The Perfume Factory, these artists intended to work in the spirit of creative collaboration. With a knowledge of the historical legacy of the area in which the studio sits, Ross Taylor, Royal Academy MA graduate, hoped to organise something that would bring artists and writers together to create something that was both good fun and creative. The result? – both an exhibition and new artist magazine that will launch simultaneously on Sunday 23rd August. <br /><br />The initial idea was to make a magazine - a quick, cheap, fanzine style book of writings by artists and writers. The editors, Ross Taylor and myself, were both interested in how artists make work, why, when and how this could materialise. From this first idea came the concept of 10 Days. 10 Days is an artistic collective that has come together to interact with one another and create a magazine. The publication hopes to act as a device to vibrate and encourage ideas that do not have to be definite. The nature of the publication is that the contributor is asked to be spontaneous, being given 10 days to respond to the title of the relevant issue. The first issue centres on eleven individual contributors’ MANIFESTOS. From this title, the artists responded by looking at their own creative personal beliefs. 10 Days is a collective idea and is does not function for profit. The editors are interested in writing, ideas, pictures and diagrams and will allow anyone interested to contribute.<br /><br />Whilst co-editing 10 Days Ross Taylor curated Perfect Answers for Perfect Questions. <br /><br />“Voices and characters appear all the time in everyday life. We summon them in opinions and in stereotypes, stories and examples. They can seem unemployed and clueless, they can also be our best friends. Long hair, short hair, fictional, historical, blind or overweight in appearance. We have to give them clothes and beliefs, they some times need a family." Taylor describes the exhibition, "This exhibition brings together eleven artists who each individually deal with aspects of invention, especially in terms of the cast that play out their ideas. It is an extended and combined exploration of meetings between artists work where unexpected happenings will be generated. Through painting, sculpture and photography the work will be presented on islands, and like in a Kurt Voonegut story this troop of actors will have to meet.”<br /><br />This collective of artists are proof that there is still call for a pure enjoyment in art. There is no financial motivation – with 10 Days selling for just £1 to enable the collective to fund the second issue. Those contributing and making the magazine, get to take away enjoyment and satisfaction in seeing evenings of discussion turned into a reality. <br /><br />You might wonder what these artists are doing out West, away from both the galleries of the West End and the busy arts scene of East London. However, not so long ago there was much art and music activity in leafy (safe) West London, in the 50’s and 60’s the area was a magnet for musicians and art students, who could hear bands such as The Who and The Rolling Stones at the iconic Ealing Club. </p><p>In the same area and at the same time there was a radical change that altered the way art is taught and created, a movement that remains influential to this day. In the 1960s, Ealing Technical College &amp; School of Art began its Groundcourse, run by Roy Ascott. The course was informed by the principles of cybernetics and the title focused on what Ascott described as, ‘learning from the ground up’. This course transformed the agenda of education in art in both this country, and as a result, abroad. Students included Pete Townsend, John Challis, Gilbert &amp; George, Richard Long, Brian Eno, Stephen Willats and Michael English who would all go on to push the British art and music scene forward. All the avant-garde artists of the sixties such as Noel Forster and Bernard Cohen, who sparked many ideas and theories were teaching at Ealing, and the school became a key institution in the formation and influence of British conceptualism. <br /><br />Going further West two artists, Peter Dunn and Loraine Leeson introduced Ruislip to the equation. Creating installations in local libraries around their community inspired art practice. Appropriately enough, given the focus of 10 Days publication, the artists produced their own Manifesto at the time, which ended:<br /><br /><i>"We declare that art needs people as much as people need art: the two should be inextricable linked with each other, and never divorced so damingly again."</i></p><p><br />With the Acton area surrounded by such a solid artistic legacy, Perfect Answers to Perfect Questions sees contemporary young artists working together to create something that to spark excitement in the area.</p><p><br /> ‘Perfect Answers to Perfect Questions’ and the launch of the new artist magazine 10 Days is on Sunday 23rd August, 4 – 7pm. <br /><br />The Perfume Factory, 140 Wales Farm Road, London, W3 6UG<br />1 minute from North Acton tube <a href="http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=W3+6UG&amp;countryCode=GB"> </a><a href="http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=W3+6UG&amp;countryCode=GB" target="_blank">Click here to view a map.</a><br /><br />10days.booklet@gmail.com - website coming soon.<br /><br />‘Perfect Answers to Perfect Questions’ will run until 30 August, opening hours: Friday, Saturday &amp; Sunday, 12-6pm.</p> </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-52141072102146936832009-08-25T06:55:00.000-07:002009-08-25T06:56:52.735-07:00DIY LONDON SEEN <span class="author">By Millie Findlay
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<br /></span><span class="caps">DIY</span> <span class="caps">LONDON</span> <span class="caps">SEEN</span> is an exhibition based around the world captured in Aaron Rose’s film ‘Beautiful Losers.’ Join us for the opening Thursday 20th and the closing, for which jotta will host the evening with music and live visuals. <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/782.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" width="480" height="480" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/783.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_2" width="600" height="482" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/785.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_3" width="639" height="424" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/786.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_4" width="574" height="380" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/283/diy-london-seen#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/782t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/283/diy-london-seen#big_image" onclick="showImg(2)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/783t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/283/diy-london-seen#big_image" onclick="showImg(3)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/785t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/283/diy-london-seen#big_image" onclick="showImg(4)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/786t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> images by Chrissie Abbott, Aidan O'Neill, Cheryl Dunn, Ivory Serra. (Click any image to enlarge it) </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="body"> <p> <link href="file://localhost/Users/vizeum/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 16777216 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica; mso-hansi-font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment-->Chances are you are already familiar with <a href="http://beautifullosers.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://beautifullosers.com/');" title="Beautiful Losers" target="_blank">Beautiful Losers</a>, the traveling art exhibit turned documentary film celebrating the legacy of the artistic movement which was spawned in and around New York’s <a href="http://printedmatter.org/news/news.cfm?article_id=186" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://printedmatter.org/news/news.cfm?article_id=186');" target="_blank">Alleged Gallery</a> in the early 90s, joined together by the DIY aesthetics of punk rock, hip-hop and skateboarding. The marks of artists like Barry McGee, Shepard Fairey, Geoff McFetridge, Mike Mills and Harmonie Korine are widely acknowledged in popular art, design, film, and fashion.</p><p>Now, a new exhibition in London takes up the Beautiful Losers calling to “Make Something From Nothing,” featuring a group of and emerging UK artists. DIY LONDON SEEN, an exhibition documenting the work of, and inspired by the artists featured in the film, coincides with Beautiful Losers <a href="http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2009/08/04/beautiful-losers-on-dvd/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2009/08/04/beautiful-losers-on-dvd/');" target="_blank">UK DVD release </a>and screenings at the <a href="http://www.ica.org.uk/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.ica.org.uk/');" title="London ICA" target="_blank">London Institute of Contemporary Arts</a>. </p><p>Curated by <a href="http://watchthisspacearts.blogspot.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://watchthisspacearts.blogspot.com/');" title="Watch This Space" target="_blank">Watch This Space</a>, the show features a group of young London artists whose work embodies the spirit of the film, alongside the photography of original Loser, <a href="http://www.cheryldunn.net/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.cheryldunn.net/');" title="Cheryl Dunn" target="_blank">Cheryl Dunn</a>, and <a href="http://www.ivoryserra.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.ivoryserra.com/');" title="Ivory Serra" target="_blank">Ivory Serra</a>, who documented the rise of the Beautiful Losers’ artists throughout the 90s. </p> <p>The artists contributing to DIY LONDON SEEN include: Arran Gregory, Aidan O’Neill, Best One, Chrissie Abbott, Clare Shilland, Charlie Woolley, Cheryl Dunn, Gustav Svanborg Edén, Graham Hudson, Harry Malt, Ivory Serra, Jethro Haynes, Marc Silver, Marcus Oakley, Niall O’Brien, Nick Jensen, Robin Clare, Sam Ashley and Toby Shuall. </p>DIY LONDON SEEN illustrates the growth of the movement inspired by the ‘Beautiful Losers’, which is now a global phenomenon, by showcasing the work of local artists whose work takes the ethos of the Alleged gallery Artists and runs with it.
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<br />DIY LONDON SEEN runs from 17th August - 5th September 2009 <p> </p><p>11, The Market Building, Covent Garden, London WC2 8RF (next to Lush) </p></div>
<br />Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-61898654428070512922009-08-25T06:52:00.000-07:002009-08-25T06:54:21.536-07:00The Ultimate Party Animal<div id="meta"> <span class="author">By Millie Ross</span><span class="date"> </span> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>A chameleon with retro-futuristic skin, Arran Gregory’s Grizzly Bear reflects it’s surroundings. After graduating from Chelsea College of Art and Design’s Graphics and Communication degree with a his handcrafted pet in hand, Arran, skater, illustrator, sculptor and Slam City Skate t-shirt designer, exhibits his mirrored bear in <span class="caps">DIY</span> <span class="caps">LONDON</span> <span class="caps">SEEN</span> this week.</p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/778.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" width="640" height="480" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/779.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_2" width="640" height="428" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/780.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_3" width="640" height="480" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/781.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_4" width="640" height="480" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/281/arran-gregory#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/778t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/281/arran-gregory#big_image" onclick="showImg(2)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/779t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/281/arran-gregory#big_image" onclick="showImg(3)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/780t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> <td> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/281/arran-gregory#big_image" onclick="showImg(4)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/781t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> (Click any image to enlarge it) </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="body"> <p><b><br />Why a grizzly bear?</b><br />I'm not entirely sure where my interest in bears comes from... I like to represent animals graphically and I find the Grizzly bear has the most impact. It is said that the Grizzly bear spirit is the most powerful of all animal spirits. I find this quite cool.<br /><br /><b>Did you look to other artists or designers for inspiration when creating this work?</b><br />No. my ideas never derive directly from another persons art. i don't search for inspiration, it comes to me naturally, as a result i have found that my ideas are often quite surreal.<br />Once i get a really exciting idea, I have to see it through. It's a test for myself to see whether it can be done. That's how it worked regarding the Mirror Bear- the idea was there and i could picture it perfectly, so i had to make it happen.<br /><br /><b>What research did you do prior to and during the creation?</b><br />I had to research a lot of different materials and think through exactly how I was going to build the Bear as I'd never made a sculpture before. I researched the muscle and bone structure of the grizzly bear so that I could accurately picture every angle whilst sculpting.<br /><br /><b>Is this the first lifesize mirror animal you've created?</b><br />Yes<br /><br /><b>What would you do differently next time?</b><br />I want to make a smaller animal which is easier to manage. Then after that i want to make something four times as big.<br /><br /><b>I noticed on your blog you'd approached BAPE to create a mirror animal sculpture for their retail outlets- was this self initiated? Are you a fan of the label- what drew you to them? Would you like to work on interiors more in the future? </b><br />Yeah I approached Bape as the project seemed to suit their company so well. I proposed to build an Ape. I haven't really considered interior design until you mentioned it. I guess I'd like to, but i want to concentrate on developing my drawings for now.</p><p><br /><b>Would you call yourself an illustrator or sculptor?</b> I'm an artist, who illustrates ideas; usually I put pen to paper to release them, sometimes I have to take a photograph or make a sculpture. I wouldn't want to restrict my creativity by confining my ideas within the boundaries of traditional illustration.</p><p> <br /><b>What or who inspires you?</b><br />I'm inspired by animals, nature, sega games, skateboarding, travelling and the city.<br /><br /><b>How did you come to be exhibiting in DIY London Seen?</b><br />My friend Gareth who runs Pointer footwear and Slam showed my work to Bakul and she got in contact. Oh and because I skate.<br /> <b><br />How can you relate to the artists and work featured in the film? Are you a fan?</b><br />I'm a big fan of Beautiful Losers. Actually, I concentrated on the book in quite some detail for my dissertation. I wanted to find out why skateboarders feel the need to create art and why the act of skateboarding is so inspirational.<br /><br /><b><br />What's up next for you? Are you working on any new projects?</b><br />Proposing to create a giant mirrorball strawberry for Spitalfields Market.</p> </div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-67029745537794678662009-08-25T06:47:00.000-07:002009-08-25T06:51:34.123-07:00Philip Li <span class="author">By Holly Willats
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<br /></span><div class="excerpt"> <p>Camberwell graduate and This Is Why We Meet player Philip Li fuses disciplines, materials and genres, including performance, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, fashion and new media. Known for his graduate of ceramic works for which he sought to develop new images for the traditional medium, creating a surprising series of fashion cross architectural sculpted ceramic armour.</p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block; width: 397px; height: 264px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/774.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" /><a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/280/philip-li#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/774t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a><a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/280/philip-li#big_image" onclick="showImg(2)" title="Click for bigger image"><img src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/775t.jpg" alt="" class="magnify_img" /></a> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/775.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_2" width="640" height="464" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/776.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_3" width="640" height="480" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/777.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_4" width="640" height="480" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;">
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<br /></b></p> <p><b>What was it that first drew you to using ceramics?</b></p> <p>The tactility – clay is such a responsive material and I’m a maker, so those qualities of clay really appealed to me. It can be transformed to any state – from liquid, to glass, to dust. The possibilities of manipulating it are endless. I also like the fact it's such a subversive material that not many people care or know about – but I do! A lot of people undervalue it – including education systems, which is a huge shame. I learnt a lot from that in-depth focus on one material, which has enabled me to become more questioning with everything else.</p> <p><b>What is the concept behind your latest work, ‘The Statue’ and ‘The Commuter’ series? </b></p> <p>It was really about developing new ways of seeing – and by placing ceramics into a photograph, I wanted to say that ceramics doesn’t necessarily have to be a pot that sits on a table. It can be an image, it can have a presence in a photograph and it can be used to describe ideas in other ways. Added to that is my passion for fashion images, and how sexuality and gender is represented and manipulated – and how it affects me. So all the ceramic body-sculptures and compositions in ‘The Statue’ and ‘The Commuter’ series are about the construction of masculine archetypes and my attempts at becoming them.</p><p><b>You arecently collaborated with Carl Guilhon, Chris King, and Joel Stephens in POP–ME–UP, a collaborative project as part of This Is Why We Meet – how did this collaboration first come about?</b></p> <p>Joe and Jimmy (from Pat + Trevor) asked me to apply for the project, and it sounded such a great idea - so I did! We were friends before but had never worked on a project together – so this seemed a perfect opportunity. Together with Laura (from W+K) they also chose my fellow collaborators. In the back of their mind, I think they wanted to create a new boyband…</p> <p><b>Did you find that you worked well with these other artists in this project?</b></p> <p>I’m extremely flexible in my work and I’m lucky to have a broad range of media and disciplines – so finding something that could be applied to the project was quite easy – but having never worked with these guys before – you also had to consider what everyone else wanted to add – and then make a good choice from it all! Ceramics was too problematic to use in the short space of time – but we also had to create something altogether. In the end, this project utilizes each person’s strengths quite well – from the performance aspect, the graphics, the styling and the businessman mentality. The theme of masculinity definitely was in there. It allowed us to explore that side of creating a pseudo real-life, art installation – we were the exhibits.</p> <p><b>POP–ME–UP relies on audience interaction and participation. Why is this important to the project?</b></p> <p>Interaction was one of the key demands ‘This Is Why We Meet’ hence the ‘me’ in POP-ME-UP. We wanted people to engage with the space and us in a very direct, human way. In a way, we were re-appropriating the space and giving it back to the public by selling them sections of the window. It’s about building connections, getting people aware of what is surrounding them, and making them engaged and feel a part of the artwork. POP-ME-UP operates on so many levels, but ultimately it was important for me that there was something deeper for them to engage with – and this idea of finance and advertising was fundamental to this project – our survival as artists and as humans, in an increasingly financed and commercial world. </p> <p><b>What has been the reaction to the project so far?</b></p> <p>Everyone’s been extremely positive – we thought the W+K guys might think we were taking the piss out of them – but they didn’t thankfully! It is a site-sensitive piece and the public are interested in it. It’s human nature to read those ads – we’ve got lonely hearts ads, restaurateur posters, signed Gilbert &amp; George flyers. Once that wall is filled, we’ll have a great document of everyone who’s participated in the project. </p> <p><b>What will happen to the contributions for POP–ME–UP after this week?</b></p> <p>They’ll all be popped up somewhere else! Hopefully they’ll be compiled together for a publication and for further viewing online or in an exhibition. They’re definitely not going to be thrown away. Hopefully some of the advertisers get some responses too!</p> <p><b>Do you have any other projects or exhibitions coming up?</b></p><p>Yes - I’ll be showing at the British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke-On-Trent later on this year, and then I’m doing some work with LuckyPDF – we’re hopefully moving into our new studios soon so I can get going on some more work. I’m going to start some more collaborations too – that’s very much how I’d like to move my work forward! That’s pretty much the plan now – work, work, work! </p> <p> </p><p>See more of Philip's work <a href="http://www.jotta.com/jotta/artists/PhilipLi">here </a></p></div>
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A stellar opportunity for those wanting to build their fashion catwalk portfolio and also to use images editorially.</p> <p>We have 20 of these passes to give away, so 20 photographers can come and snap away for free.</p> <p>email us at editor@jotta.com to win. </p><p>Register for tickets<a href="http://www.seetickets.com/london-fashion-weekend/event.asp?r%7Cshowcode=406135&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C2=406136&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C3=406137&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C4=406139&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C5=406140&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C6=406142&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C7=406138&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C8=406141&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C9=406143&amp;filler1=lfw&amp;filler2=multilfw&amp;filler3=PHOTOGRAPHER&amp;dpts=%7C21%7C&amp;type=photo"> </a><a href="http://www.seetickets.com/london-fashion-weekend/event.asp?r%7Cshowcode=406135&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C2=406136&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C3=406137&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C4=406139&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C5=406140&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C6=406142&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C7=406138&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C8=406141&amp;r%7Cshowcode%7C9=406143&amp;filler1=lfw&amp;filler2=multilfw&amp;filler3=PHOTOGRAPHER&amp;dpts=%7C21%7C&amp;type=photo" target="_blank">here</a></p></div>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462987614986522036.post-78642614447830782042009-08-25T06:39:00.000-07:002009-08-25T06:47:44.928-07:00Boring Journeys Effect Your Mood<div id="meta"> <span class="author">By Millie Ross</span> <span class="date"> </span> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>jotta popped down to the week long workshop commandeered by glueLondon and onedotzero, the international festival of innovative adventures moving image, to find out what their crack teams of students had in mind to change our urban environment for the better.</p> </div> <div id="big_image"> <a name="big_image"></a> <img style="display: block; width: 329px; height: 246px;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/796.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_1" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/797.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_2" width="640" height="480" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/798.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_3" width="640" height="427" /> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/images/799.jpg" alt="" id="j_img_4" width="640" height="480" /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function hideAllImg() { var el = document.getElementById("j_img_1"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_2"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_3"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; var el = document.getElementById("j_img_4"); if (el) el.style.display = "none"; } function showImg(n) { hideAllImg(); var code = "document.getElementById('j_img_" + n + "').style.display = 'block'"; eval(code); } hideAllImg(); showImg(1); </script> <table id="image_grid" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/289/boring-journey-s-effect-your-mood#big_image" onclick="showImg(1)" title="Click for bigger image"><br /></a> </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/289/boring-journey-s-effect-your-mood#big_image" onclick="showImg(2)" title="Click for bigger image"><br /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.jotta.com/magazine/outabout/289/boring-journey-s-effect-your-mood#big_image" onclick="showImg(3)" title="Click for bigger image"><br /></a> </td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="image_grid_caption"> <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>glueLondon and onedotzero selected <span>40 graduates from across 17 creative disciplines </span></b><b>and threw them into the Doodle Bar in Battersea for 6 days to get busy brainstorming. With daily workshops from design and creative industry mentors, the students <span>were </span>split into teams and briefed over the week to produce an interventionary piece that reimagines their urban environment and improving it in some was.</b><b> </b><b>Drawing from varying frames of reference, even basic issues like communicating an idea becamea challenge.</b></p><p>jotta caught up with three of the teams: </p><p><b>BLUE team </b></p><p>Members of Blue crew span disciplines of spatial design, illustration, interaction design, and come from colleges like Central Saint Martins, Camberwell College of art and Design and Middlesex.</p> <p>"We went through loads of ideas, we over-analysed the ideas and actually kept coming back to this one. The creative process went in a circle.</p> <p>Basically we’ve subverted the Facebook and blogging phenomenon, taking the online interaction experience physical.</p> <p>It’s been hard because of our different backgrounds, and the way we approach things differently, also we only just met, the first 3 days we were all spent being over polite". </p> <p>Coming from different frames of reference sometimes made it tricky, but Blue team caught on to one of Britain's favourite moaning past times- the weather!</p> <p>"Our idea is trying to celebrate bad weather, coloured umbrellas float above a town square in a flock, when the weather is good they stay condensed and when it rains they follow individuals by GPS or Bluetooth. It’s playful, relaxed, homely, it’s meant to brighten up your day."</p> <p><a href="http://thebluegroup.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Thebluegroup.wordpress.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p><b>MAGENTA team</b></p> <p>Their cross disciplinary skill set spans motion graphics, photography, graphics and illustration, "We took elements from a few different ideas."</p> <p>Magenta team decided to focus on changing the environment to encourage people to be nice to others simply for the sake of it - interventions which demonstrate the mantra:</p> <p>"It’s Nice To Be Nice."</p><p>Check out their blog here- </p> <p><a href="http://playgrounddoor.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">playgrounddoor.tumblr.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p><b>ORANGE team</b></p><p>The Orange gang were looking pretty productive when we stopped by, with pairs working on an animated site, pieces of wood were being chopped and painted as miniature models of their instalation plan. </p> <p>"We looked at how we see our environment, something that you walk past everyday and see but that will change constantly."</p> <p>Their idea looks at patterns of the city and migration flows. With a functional property, for instance if the station is full the multi- coloured poles grow higher, people can see it online and plan their journey.</p> <p>Creates an effect almost like the city is breathing, like a Mexican wave effect. We liked this one.</p> <p><a href="http://onedotzeroorange.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Onedotzeroorange.tumblr.com</a></p> <p>For more details on the week and the cascade project visit:</p><p><a href="http://www.onedotzero.com/blog/">www.onedotzero.com/blog</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gluelondon.com/">www.gluelondon.com </a></p>Jotta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463319141857494357noreply@blogger.com0